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Visiting Mistress Ford, Falstaff is tricked into dressing as an old woman to flee the house.
Act 4, Scene 2The Fords and the Pages plan an elaborate final prank to embarrass Falstaff.
Act 4, Scene 4Falstaff is mocked and tormented by a troupe of children disguised as fairies.
Act 5, Scene 5| Scene | Summary |
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| Act 1, Scene 1 | Justice Robert Shallow has just arrived in Windsor, accompanied by his nephew Abraham Slender and Sir Hugh Evans, a cler... Read More |
| Act 1, Scene 2 | In front of the Page residence, Sir Hugh hands Simple a letter to deliver to Mistress Quickly, Doctor Caius's housekeepe... Read More |
| Act 1, Scene 3 | Falstaff arrives at the Garter Inn with his gang of followers: Bardolph, Nym, Pistol, and Robin the page. When Falstaff ... Read More |
| Act 1, Scene 4 | Simple visits Mistress Quickly at the home of her employer, Doctor Caius. She tells John Rugby, the Doctor's manservant,... Read More |
| Act 2, Scene 1 | Back at the Pages' house, Mistress Page is reading a love letter. It is full of over-the-top rhetoric and bad poetry and... Read More |
| Act 2, Scene 2 | This long scene takes place at the Garter Inn and consists of several conversations between Falstaff and other character... Read More |
| Act 2, Scene 3 | In a field outside Windsor, Doctor Caius is ready to fight his duel with Sir Hugh, who hasn't yet arrived. As Doctor Cai... Read More |
| Act 3, Scene 1 | The scene shifts to a field outside Frogmore, in the neighborhood of Windsor Castle. Sir Hugh walks onstage carrying a b... Read More |
| Act 3, Scene 2 | Robin walks with Mistress Page on a street in Windsor. The two encounter Ford, who asks how Robin came into Mistress Pag... Read More |
| Act 3, Scene 3 | At the Ford residence, Mistress Ford and Mistress Page brew up a prank for the unsuspecting Falstaff. Mistress Ford orde... Read More |
| Act 3, Scene 4 | Meanwhile at the Page home, Fenton is attempting to woo Anne Page. He hints she should simply elope with him because her... Read More |
| Act 3, Scene 5 | Back in his room at the Garter Inn, Falstaff calls for wine. As Bardolph runs to fetch it, Falstaff complains about near... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 1 | On a street in Windsor, Mistress Quickly meets with Mistress Page and her son William. She reports Falstaff's intention ... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 2 | Back at the Ford house, Falstaff woos Mistress Ford with flattering speeches. Mistress Page calls from offstage, prompti... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 3 | At the Garter Inn, Bardolph informs the Host his three German guests require horses to go pay their respects to a visiti... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 4 | At the Ford residence, Mistress Page and Mistress Ford reveal Falstaff's love letters to their husbands. Sir Hugh is als... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 5 | Back in the Garter Inn, Simple has come to pay a visit to "the wise woman of Brentford," whom he saw going into Falstaff... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 6 | Elsewhere in the Garter Inn, Fenton offers the Host a handsome sum if he will help him elope with Anne Page. He explains... Read More |
| Act 5, Scene 1 | Back at the Garter Inn, Falstaff tells Mistress Quickly he will go along with Mistress Ford's plan to meet in the park a... Read More |
| Act 5, Scene 2 | That night in Windsor Park, Page meets with Shallow and Slender. They rehearse the latter's plot to steal away with Anne... Read More |
| Act 5, Scene 3 | Meanwhile, Mistresses Page and Ford are on their way to the park with Doctor Caius. Mistress Page and the Doctor discuss... Read More |
| Act 5, Scene 4 | Sir Hugh leads a group of schoolchildren toward Windsor Park. All, including him, are disguised as fairies. He instructs... Read More |
| Act 5, Scene 5 | Falstaff, wearing a deer's head complete with antlers, arrives at the appointed meeting spot in Windsor Park. Lustfully ... Read More |
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